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Greece Weighs Diplomatic Protest to Ukraine After Drone Found Off Lefkada

Greece is expected to issue a formal diplomatic protest to Ukraine if authorities confirm that a Ukrainian-built unmanned naval drone carrying dozens of pounds of explosives belongs to Ukrainian forces. The drone was found off the coast of Lefkada,...

Greece Transfers 175 Gaza Flotilla Activists to Crete

Greece transferred 175 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Heraklion after they came ashore at the port of Atherinolakkos in southern Crete, following an Israeli military operation against Gaza-bound vessels in international waters off the island early Thursday,...

Greece Opens Two-Century Diplomatic Archive to Research Community

In an initiative to systematically organize and preserve records tied to defining moments in its diplomatic past, Greece has completed the digitization of more than thirty-one million pages of archival material from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Greek Foreign Minister...

Greece Opens Special Repatriation Flight from Dubai for Citizens with Pets

Greece has opened a special repatriation flight from Dubai to Athens for citizens who have been unable to return home with their pets. The move responds to a problem that has left dozens of Greek nationals in the United Arab...

Greece Launches Middle East Repatriation Operation, 162 Citizens Evacuated

Greece has completed the first phase of a coordinated repatriation operation to bring home citizens stranded in the Middle East, amid rising military tensions and regional instability. According to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials carried out the first...

Greece Rules Out Third-Party Role in Talks With Turkey Following US Ambassador Remarks

Greece’s Foreign Ministry stressed that dealings with Turkey must remain strictly bilateral and grounded in international law. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lana Zochiou said Athens continues to rely on steady, predictable communication as the most effective way to prevent tensions and...

Five Dead, 22 Wounded in Turkish Aerospace Facility Attack

In what Turkish authorities describe as an act of terrorism, the Turkish Aerospace Industries facility, located in Ankara, was attacked on Wednesday, resulting in five deaths and twenty-two wounded. Turkish interior minister says terrorists who attacked aerospace facility have been...

Massive Shipment of Humanitarian Aid from Greece Headed to Ukraine

A massive shipment of humanitarian aid from Greece, the fourth such package sent in the wake of the war, was shipped to Odessa, Ukraine on Tuesday. The last time Greece sent an aid package to the war-torn country was on...

Six Female Afghan MPs Arrive In Athens On Way to US

Six female MPs from Afghanistan arrived in Athens, Greece via Tbilisi, Georgia, accompanied by their family members, earlier on Wednesday, according to a Foreign Ministry announcement. The six women were extricated from Afghanistan following the actions of the NGO Zaka...

Greece’s Foreign Ministry Condemns Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found on Synagogue, Holocaust Memorial in Larissa

The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned anti-Semitic graffiti found on a synagogue and Holocaust memorial in Larissa in a statement released on Friday, describing the act as "abhorrent" and "heinous." According to a press release by the Jewish Community of Larissa,...